"The Court's Recusal Problem"

The NY Times offers this editorial. 

"Campaign finance advocates urge Obama to overhaul FEC"

LAT on FEC.

88% to Remove But Only 16% Turnout in Miami Recall Election

The Recall Elections Blog reports.

"Some Nonprofits Dedicated to Making it More Difficult for People to Register and Vote"

The Nonprofit Quarterly blog reports.

"RNC Considering Selling TV Rights for Primary Debates: Report"

TVNewser reports.

"Republican voter I.D. bill set to move next week"

News from North Carolina.

"California Redistricting Panel Selects Candidates to Interview for Voting Rights Act Counsel Position"

And then there were four.

"Process Issue Will Define CA GOP"

Machinations over Prop. 14.

"Illinois' Wacky Way of Redistricting"

Have you ever heard of the Illinois Voting Rights Act? If not, you will.

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Election Law Journal 10:1 Now Available; Preview of 10:2

The new issue of Election Law Journal, the first under new co-editors Paul Gronke and Dan Tokaji, is now available. You can view the table of contents and, if you're an electronic subscriber, get links to articles here. The new issue includes articles on mobile voting by those in long-term care, conversion to vote-by-mail, and election reform in the U.K. It also includes, as a special treat, an email to the new editors by outgoing co-editor Dan Lowenstein.

Coming this spring, the next issue of ELJ (10:2) will feature a symposium on early and absentee voting, with articles by Mike Alvarez, Thad Hall, Ines Levin, and Charles Stewart; David Canon, Barry Burden, Key Mayer, and Donald Moynihan; Trey Hood and Charles Bullock; Elizabeth Bergman and Philip Yates; and Ned Foley. It will also include a preview of McComish v. Bennett by Richard Esenberg, and book reviews by Ray LaRaja, Doug Chapin, and Louis DiSipio.